[kbenson]

Whether the terminology is technically correct or not, I think it's obvious that it can easily be interpreted in different ways, some of which are incorrect. As such, while it may not be wrong, it is poorly chosen, and may be misleading. A better way to phrase it might have been "A sophisticated backdoor targeting OS X discovered".

[markcerqueira]

> "A sophisticated backdoor targeting OS X discovered"

Unsure how this clears up the rootkit versus backdoor confusion...

[greenshackle]

It doesn't, it clears up the 'this was put in by Apple' confusion.

[kbenson]

Yes, that's exactly what I was trying to address. I should have quoted the first sentence of the parent to make that obvious, since there were a few assertions in that comment.